Pictures of the day: 18 January 2011

Last
year we featured a picture of Riley the smiling dog on his first birthday.
Now Riley has smiled for the camera again on his second birthday. Owner
Maureen Ravelo couldn't resist throwing another party for her grinning pet.
Once again the happy hound celebrated at Maureen's home in San Jose, but
instead of a mere smile, this year Riley almost seems to be throwing his
head back and laughing. Such human traits in her bichon fries/poodle mix are
no surprise to 23-year-old Maureen, who explains: "Riley always makes faces
like this, and that's the best part about him. He gives you a new facial
expression every time that you forget he's a dog." One noticeable difference
from last year's photo is the absence of the jaunty party hat he wore on his
first birthday. Maureen says: "Yep, no hat. He said big boys don't wear
birthday hats. That or he bit me when I tried to put it on him."